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"28 is very powerful and intense, questioning again and again all the ambivalences of life and living, of destiny, motivation, and consequence. To tackle such themes is a very ambitious undertaking, and it is successful because of the narrative element, the character hints, and the human elements. The ending is both surprising and eloquent."
"Reading Lappas is like entering a mirror-maze: every turn offers endless possibilities."
"As I look back over the novel, it is the character of 28 that stands out. There is real emotional (and even spiritual) intensity in her, and one has a sense that her life goes on even beyond the last chapter."
"28 is an original, courageous, and memorable novel. It engages the reader in an important debate, and leads us to ask ourselves challenging questions. At the same time it "entertains" us with a story of relationships—both painful and hopeful—and allows us to observe (and perhaps experience) growth."
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In chapter twenty-seven we read the words "what is truth?" and it seems clear to the reader at this point that a search for some grip on truth is at the centre of this novel ...
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... We are in the care of a writer who has a keen interest in metaphysics. The narrator, the divorced former-husband of a woman who hates him and the father of a beloved son in a coma (feeling unloved himself - with good reason, as it turns out) meets and talks with, through several episodes, a patient referred to solely as "28" on his regular visits to his son in hospital. Their conversations bear a resemblance, in format and intention, to the "dialogue" approach to philosophical investigations in, for instance, Plato, though the content is specific to the lives of these two people.
Though no one would refer to this as a "plot" novel, the usual functions of a plot are indeed present, and serve to keep us turning the pages. Some of this is achieved by our curiosity about this woman "28", and the tension created within the dialogue episodes, leading to the moment when the narrator discovers that he loves the woman he thinks he's been talking with, only to discover further that he has fallen in love with a fiction. Also contributing to this narrative drive is the reader's interest in discovering whether the narrator's son will recover from his coma, and whether the ex-wife's excessive hatred and verbal abuse will lead to violence, or to an attempt to separate him from his son. The question "what is truth?" is not a simple one
The reader is aware that the main forces driving the novel are questions about identity, about the meaning of life and truth, and about responsibilities toward one's own decisions regarding living or dying, struggling or giving up. That the narrator falls in love with a fiction is entirely appropriate to the literary themes that are threaded through the novel. The narrator is not only a writer, but is a writer intensely engaged in the problems and techniques of writing fiction, to the extent that he makes these concerns part of his fictional conversation. On the one hand we have a writer who writes and thinks about fiction as a literary concept, and on the other hand we have a woman who lives a fiction. In both cases fiction is a journey in search of truth.
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Ancient History
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The study of history is an inquiry into past experience that helps make the present more intelligible. A study of the past is invaluable, for to be unaware of history is to be ignorant of those forces that have shaped our social and physical worlds. Through the study of ancient history, students learn both about the interaction of societies and the impact of individuals and groups on ancient events and ways of life. The study of ancient history gives students an understanding of the possibilities and limitations of comparing past to present and present to past by exposing them to a variety of perspectives on key events and issues. It also gives students opportunities to develop their own perspectives on the origins and influence of ideas, values and behaviours that are still relevant in the modern world.
Year 11
Students study ancient history because it provides them with opportunities to satisfy their fascination and interest in the stories of the past and the mysteries of human behaviour. It allows them to develop and apply the research skills and methodologies of the historian and archaeologist. It equips students to question critically and interpret written and archaeological sources for the evidence they provide about the ancient world.
Through the study of ancient history, students develop knowledge and understanding of the similarities and differences between the various societies of the ancient past and the factors affecting change and continuity in human affairs.
A study of ancient history contributes to students' education, introducing them to a wide range of religious beliefs and customs, ideologies and other cultures. This broad knowledge encourages them to develop an appreciation and understanding of different views and makes them aware of how these views contribute to individual and group actions.
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Year 12
Ancient History Stage 6 has a unique role in the school curriculum because it allows students to study and analyse past societies with a detachment conferred by the perspectives of at least two millennia. It draws on a variety of disciplines and sources, both written and archaeological, such as literary works, coins, inscriptions, art, architecture, artefacts and human remains, enabling students to piece together an informed and coherent view of the past. Because the amount of surviving evidence is relatively small, students are able to consider it in its entirety and thus weigh their own interpretations alongside those found in published secondary works, while noting how to deal with gaps in the evidence. In addition, it introduces students to scientific methods used in the historian's investigation of archaeological evidence.
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What have you been up to this week?
Saturday: We used our kobudo class to work on a demo we're preparing for AKATO in a couple of weeks. I attended Arnis class, then I went to Dallas for my monthly kobudo class. Worked on our other weapons for an hour of the class, and then we started a new weapon this month - the sai!
Sunday: Caught up on chores we've left to the wayside while Mr. Chick trained with GM Art Miraflor of Miraflor Serrada Escrima.
Monday: Morning gym. Arnis class was more demo practice.
Tuesday: Morning gym. Taught at Mid-Cities Arnis. It's Spring Break here in Texas, and our classes are lightly attended, We introduced defensive response #1 to our kids class, worked on block-check-counter and introduced the standard #1 disarm against a high forehand strike, the lever disarm.
Wednesday: Morning gym. Finalized a big section of our demo.
Thursday: Morning gym. Worked on off-curriculum material, basic espada y daga patterns, in the kids class, then continued on block-check-counter, the lever disarm, and other disarms off the high forehand strike.
Friday: Morning gym. Worked on Defensive Response #1 with soft sticks (so they could "fail" on blocking without getting hit), worked on other double-stick material, then we sparred, mostly with double sticks. Fun!
Here's the original content I posted this week:
Monday: Women's Self Defense for the Win
Wednesday: Oh Hai, Sai!
And here's what I re-shared this week:
Tuesday: Exploring the "X"
Thursday: Five Things I Absolutely Hate About Being A Martial Artist
Friday: FACE-OFF FRIDAY: Do All Fights Go To The Ground?
+Prof. Dan Anderson published a TON of anyo (form) videos this week, and they're awesome! We don't have a lot of empty hand anyos online, so it's a huge help for the rest of us as reference material. You can find them on his YouTube channel (here). Here's one of them, of Anyo Tatlo, aka "Form Three".
Save this link and read this article every time you don't "feel" like training. Not Even Brain Cancer Can Stop Me From Competing at IBJJF
Not martial arts, but... often, when I describe my self defense strategy, I compare it to a cat taking on a big dog. Watch this:
Hubby is training in Houston all weekend long, so I'll be holding down the fort. I am covering Arnis classes today, then I will be working on some form work and practicing sai (I work them almost every day since our last class, trying to get better at manipulating them).
So what did YOU do this week? What did you train? What did you teach? Did you see any really cool martial arts stuff online? Let me know!


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Re: Camp Phillip Morris - Discharge and Re-enlistment
In reply to:
Camp Phillip Morris - Discharge and Re-enlistment
Roger Myers 8/02/04
"Also, why would my father have been discharged and then re-enlisted?"
When you dad entered the service in 1943 he was in "for the duration" (and this is usually inclusive of 'plus six months'as the needs of the service require)
His wartime commitment to the Army ended on 20NOV45...he decided to stay in the military as you mention, and thus a new 'contract' was drawn between him and the Army.His status changes from a 'for the duration' soldier to Regular Army---and you will note that reference precedes his service number after this date.
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Dr. Shelia Lewis, a product of the Touro tradition, earned each her MBA and Ph.D. from Touro College International. Grasp's levels in early childhood training and regulation can be found online, as properly. In addition to diploma applications, UAF gives online certification in 5 professional fields: accounting technician; utilized business administration; well being care reimbursement; data know-how specialist; and medical and dental reception. With the passage of time, the net associates diploma applications have already gained an incredible recognition.
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Jersey Shore
The music of Jersey Shore is a collaboration between Jared Bartman, Erik Christian Juhl, Aaron Kavelman, and Mark Rubel.
Produced by Mark Rubel
Recorded and mixed at Pogo Studio by Mark Rubel, March - July 2009
Mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Service, July 2009
Artwork and design by Adde Russell (adderussell.com)
All songs and words by Jared Bartman, except the words of "I Shall Not Care", adapted freely from the Sara Teasdale poem of the same title.
© And Why The Sea Is Boiling Hot, ASCAP (2009)
Thank You: Mom and Dad, Mark Rubel, Aaron and Christina Kavelman, Erik Juhl, Stephanie Therese Meyer, Adde Russell, Jason Ward, John Vanderslice, Lynn and Janet Kavelman, Ken Bartman Jr., Kelsey Klopfenstein, Hannah Salazar, Kim Foster, Jessica Baran, Abby Beneke, Cody Fiedler, Andrew Speiden, Erik Anderson, Chris Adams-Wenger, Pete Colgan, Jill Potts, Jason Shea, Todd Kelly, David Vroman, and James Hile.


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The new ChiniPad U19GT is powerful Tablet PC with a Dual-core 2x1.6Ghz Rockchip RK3066 Cortex A9 processor. The fact is You will almost all games will be running smoothly thanks to its Quad core Mali400-MP4 GPU. It has a IPS 9.7 inch screen a HDMI output and a bluetooth connection, but that's not all at the back of the U19GT you will find a camera flash.
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Reporting from Washington — President Obama began the year with a pledge to close the Guantanamo prison, and to restore due process and the core constitutional values that he said "made this country great."
But his administration has set out a multi-pronged legal policy for the remaining Guantanamo prisoners that bears a striking similarity to that of the final year of George W. Bush's presidency.
Some detainees could be held indefinitely without being charged, if they're deemed impossible to prosecute but too dangerous to release. Congress gave the president that power after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to the Bush and now the Obama administrations. Bush used that authority to capture and imprison people he determined were a danger to the nation.
Nearly eight years after the first prisoners were shipped to the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba, the U.S. government still hasn't settled on a clear legal framework for handling them. Are they military prisoners in the war on terrorism? Or are they criminals who plotted to kill Americans?


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Sigma Launches Expect a Better Tomorrow
On New Year's eve Sigma announced their new initiative, making the 31st of December the first official International Expect a Better Tomorrow day. Introducing their latest project, Segerpotten, with a focus on Swedish women's football. Fighting for a more fair and equal society and providing a better tomorrow for the winner of Damallsvenskan 2018 (Women's top football league in Sweden).
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"I've been at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge for roughly 2.5 months now, working in the stewarding department; so mostly cleaning and dishwashing; not the best of the jobs here but I do work with some pretty fantastic people from all over the world; Germany, Czech Republic and some friends from back home in Aus.
As for life outside of work, it's absolutely brilliant. Because you live essentially where you work (which might seem daunting at first) it quickly grows on you; a lot of the older staff have cars and are always going on fun adventures to nearby lookouts and touristy-type places, people are always up to something so the social life is definitely not lacking.
Now that winter is well and truly here, work slows down a bit so I plan to be doing a lot of snowboarding which is a lot of the reason I came here for ( plus you can get a discounted ski pass through the hotel). At the moment some friends and I are planning trips to Whistler and Vancouver, as well Banff which is quite close, and cheap as we get staff rates at any Fairmont hotel ( which can be as low as $70 a night for a 5 star resort!)"
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Varelse jobs
Simple Creative Company Logo..in all file formats including Vector PDF EPs GIF PNG PSD All Bid. Priority given to: Arthur Maria Varelse Matt
As discussed. One eBox graphic for downloadable software product.
As described by mail
Per discussion
This project is for Arthur (varelse). This project includes the optimization of more photographs into 400x400pixel size with watermarks. In addition, we want some help with creating and optimizing some graphic art and to help us design some printable webpages for our website.
Header design as discussed :o)
Project for: Varelse
logo revison
As discussed.... thanks!
This project is for Arthur - Programmer Varelse. The project consists of designing some graphic art for us in various file formats. Also included are the optimizations of many photo jpgs including crop, resize, and tilt (as necessary). Thanks again for your continued good work for us.
Major project for our client - a new logo is just the start - and we need fresh new ideas. Our team wants Varelse!
Book store logo as discussed :o)
Dear Varelse! I wanted to pick you for my previous job post but You retracted your bid 1 hour earlier I checked my mail Your samples were the best. So I would like you for this job. here is what the original post was: ---- I am considering hireing [login to view URL] for a header,(footer),cover box design. The cost for that would be 97$. If you
Image Optimization - Crop, Resize and Watermark over 100 images. Create 7 graphic art design/symbols. I have several versions of the symbol with notes and would like t...design/symbols. I have several versions of the symbol with notes and would like this to be created in computer format with geometric proportions. This job is for Arthur (Varelse).
Logo needed for bookstore website :o)
Create logo graphics for the business. This is a private posting for varelse only, sorry.
Create graphic for web site. This is a private job offer for Varelse, sorry. Thanks.
This project is for Varelse - the best image optimization guy that we have found. This project is for 61 images that have already been optimized. Thanks for your good work Arthur! Shawn
Arthur, It's been awhile since we've done business together. Hope all is well and that you can help me out on a small project. We are moving our offices and I need a few things put together: Letterhead Envelope Business Cards and "We're Moving" mailing piece Letterhead standard 8.5 x 11 layout. Should work in word as a Template. Same with Envelope. Busines...
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Irene Whittaker-Cumming (Toronto, ON) is a Toronto-based choreographer, dancer, writer and photographer. Her professional dance training was undertaken predominantly at Ryerson Theatre Dance Program under the remarkable leadership of Nadia Potts, with supplementary training at York University and the Tisch School for the Arts at New York University. She has performed at and choreographed for festivals throughout North America, and in Toronto at Theatre Passe Muraille, Dancemakers Centre for Creation, Ryerson Theatre, Isabel Bader Theatre, the Junction Arts Festival, the Enwave Theatre and The Winchester Street Theatre. She was a co-creator and co-choreographer of Being Human Dance from 2009 to 2010.
Irene has been an educator in Kenya, Uganda, and Canada, and has used dance as a tool for HIV/AIDS education in Bénin in West Africa. She has been published as a writer, has edited dance publications, screenplays and novels, and as a photographer has had her work presented in gallery and print. She was a recipient of the Kenny Pearl Award for Choreography in 2008, and was interviewed on Evi-Dance Radio in autumn 2010. In summer 2011 she will be training at Impulstanz in Vienna, Austria, and upon return to Canada will be beginning creation of a full-length dance work to be performed in 2012.
Irene's artistic purpose is to tell beautiful, genuine stories. Through various creative languages she aims to capture bittersweet human moments in a way that is authentic and stirring. She endeavors to express the timelessness, the solitude, lonesomeness, love, fire, fight, compassion, music and beauty that resides within the human creature. Irene intends on developing her passion for using creativity as a means of positive change.


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 73864
composite dumps core on certain operations
Last modified: 2013-04-02 00:17:04 EDT
Description of Problem:
Sorry about being a bit vague, but I haven't had time to investigate this yet.
If/when I do, I will update this bug with better information. In the mean time,
I have a reliable way of getting composite to crash, so there's definitely a bug.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How Reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
(files attached)
1. composite -compose Difference 1.pgm 2.ppm 3.ppm
Actual Results:
core dump
Expected Results:
This should work. It works under RedHat 7.3.
Additional Information:
Not much yet. I don't know what it is about these files that causes this
problem. It may be that any time a .ppm is the output you get this problem, or
it may be related to the fact that there is a mixture of color and gray....
these are guesses. composite doesn't give any information. I will try to
compile a debugging version of this and look at it under gdb.
If the last argument is 3.pgm, you don't get a crash.
I'm uploading bzip2'ed versions of these files since they are so large and
compress so well. Uncompress before running the command, of course.
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Geneva 2017 Sponsoring Invitation
Dear Future Sponsor,
The 13th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity, EUCAS 2017, will take place in Geneva from 17–21 September 2017. The EUCAS conference is one of the most successful series of bi-annual conferences on superconducting materials and their applications. While born as a medium size European conference, it has increased in attendance and gradually opened up to a wider participation, with attendees from Asian countries – mainly Japan, China and Korea – and the United States.
After the success of EUCAS 2015 in Lyon, we expect more than 1000 participants from all over the world. Different topics will be presented covering superconducting materials, large scale applications of superconductivity and electronics. In order to emphasise the importance of industrial research and development and to give industry a prime way to present itself, an industrial plenary event will take place. Invited speakers from the industry involved with advanced technological development will present and discuss their efforts in the field and their most recent achievements.
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Another great way to use up your leftover keema is to prepare these delicious, appetizing and wholesome stuffed parathas for a lazy sunday / weekend breakfast. Have them hot right out of the tawa with some spiced yoghurt, pickle or butter. A very satisfying breakfast indeed. Please find below a step by step guide with pictures to prepared it.
Filling -
- 400 gms chicken mince, washed well and drained
- 2 tbsp. oil
- 1/2 tsp. cumin seeds
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tsp. ginger-garlic paste
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp. red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
- 1/2 tsp. roasted cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp. roasted coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp. amchur powder (dry mango powder)
- 1/2 cup mint leaves, chopped
Paratha -
- 1 cup atta (whole wheat flour)
- salt to taste
- 1 tbsp. oil
- required quantity of water
- oil to shallow fry
Heat oil in a pan and temper with cumin seeds. Allow it to crackle and then add the onions. Saute till light brown. Add the ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few seconds.
Then add the keema, salt to taste, turmeric powder, red chili powder, roasted coriander powder, roasted cumin powder and garam masala powder.
Fry on a low flame till all the moisture is evaporated. Now add the chopped mint leaves and amchur powder and continue to saute for a minute or two. Keep aside to cool.
Heat oil in a pan and temper with cumin seeds.
Add the onion and saute till light brown.
Add the ginger-garlic paste and saute for a few seconds.
Add the keema and all the powdered spices except amchur powder.
Fry till dry, before adding the mint leaves and the amchur powder.
Keep aside the prepared chicken mince to cool down.
Knead a stiff dough with the atta, salt, 1 tbsp. oil and required quantity of water. Keep aside for 25-30 minutes.
Divide into 8 equal portions. Roll out each portion of the dough into small circles, just like a poori with the help of some dough.
Take one poori and spread 2-3 tbsp. of the keema mix and place another poori over it. Press to seal all edges. Roll out into a bigger circle by dusting some flour. Make impressions along the edges with a fork.
Make similar keema paraths in the same method. Heat a tawa / griddle and shallow fry one paratha at a time till light golden in colour on both sides by drizzling a tbsp. of oil.
Shallow fry the rest of the rolled out parathas and serve them hot with some yoghurt, butter or pickle.


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Sethuraman Estates at La Marzocco espresso event
R. Miguel Meza of Isla Custom Coffees will feature Sethuraman Estates coffees at a presentation and tasting event of Hawaiian and Indian coffees on Friday, August 9, 2013 from 1-4:00 PM PDT at the La Marzocco facility in Seattle. Learn all about Miguel and read event details from this post to Sprudge.com or the tasting event's Facebook page.
Indian robusta bowls over Boston roasters
A quick look back at the Emerging Market: India feature discussion held at this year's Specialty Coffee Association of America exposition in Boston in The Hindu BusinessLine.
Indian robusta coffees have been received well at the Specialty Coffee Association of America meet held recently at Boston, US.
"With Boston being in close proximity to major coffee roasters in the US, the event was attended by a sizeable crowd," Jawaid Akhtar, Chairman, Coffee Board told Business Line.
"Robustas are generally known to be harsh, but when American roasters tested our coffees, they were amazed to discover the mildness and aroma of Indian coffees," he said.
The Coffee Board had taken up space at the specialty coffee association and visitors tasted liquid coffee, instead of coffee samples from different regions.
At the event, a session on "Emerging Markets in Specialty Coffee: India" was also held to educate the US roasters. The one-hour session mainly focused on why specialty coffee needs Indian robustas. The session was attended by about 70 roasters from the North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Sunalini Menon, CEO, Coffeelab Ltd, talked about the distinct characteristics of Indian coffee and coffee growers' representative Nishant Gurjer, Partner, Kaapi Royale Coffee, and Chairman of Karnataka Planters' Association (KPA), spoke about the farm practices of cultivating coffee in India. The moderator of the event was Andrew Hetzel, consultant, CafeMakers.
The Indian delegation had, besides the Coffee Board Chairman and the KPA Chairman, quality control expert Sunalini Menon, M.P. Devaiah of Allana Sons, Bharat Mandanna of BBTC, Jacob Mammen of Bhadra Group, Kurien who was representing Small Coffee Growers Association, Kerala, and US coffee trader Joseph John.
For the last three to four years, the Coffee Board has been focussing on the US market. "Roasters in US are increasingly using robustas in their blends, it is here we are focusing our attention to penetrate the most important market in the world," said Gurjer.
Creating awareness of the Indian coffee in the US has led to gaining some ground in the market. Indian coffee exports to US are currently averaging at around 6,000 tonnes and is the 14th important market. Exports have doubled in the last five years. In 2008-09 exports stood at 2,556 tonnes.
Crop to Cup Coffee Importers to Bring First R Certified Coffee to America
Breaking news: Crop to Cup Coffee Importers will be bringing our R Certified(tm) RKR and other coffee to the U.S.A. beginning next month. If you are in Portland for the SCAA Exposition, please come by and meet us at booth #6100 and taste all of our coffees in the Cupping Exchange Rm B117 on Saturday morning from 10:00 until 11:30.
CHICAGO (April 19, 2012) – Crop to Cup Coffee Importers has signed an agreement with Kaapi Royale Coffee of Karnataka, India to import the world's first Robusta coffee certified by the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) into the United States. An initial shipment including the R Certified(TM) Sethuraman Estate Robusta Kaapi Royale (RKR) will be available at Crop to Cup's warehouse facilities in metropolitan New York and Chicago beginning in late May.
"As a company whose mission is to import, broker and roast high quality sustainable relationship coffees, we've really found ourselves in close alignment with Kaapi Royale Coffee and the Sethuraman Estate," stated Crop to Cup company co-founder Taylor Mork. "Fine Robusta coffees are not yet widely available or well known, but thanks in part to organizations like CQI, interest has been steadily growing in recent years. We look forward to introducing America's better coffee roasters and consumers to a new generation of fine Robusta coffees never before thought possible."
"Most Robusta coffees produced around the world fall far short of acceptable quality," admits Kaapi Royale Coffee Managing Partner and proud sixth-generation Robusta farmer Nishant Gurjer. "We are excited to lead the charge for change and show coffee buyers from around the world what is possible from good Robusta coffee when workers, land and plants are given the care and proper attention -the opportunity for success- that they deserve. Crop to Cup Coffee is a perfect partner to represent our coffee and our message."
The R Certified(TM) Sethuraman Estate RKR and others will be available to sample at the Specialty Coffee Association of America Exposition, Kaapi Royale Coffee booth #6100 and at the cupping exchange room B117 on Saturday, April 21st from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM.
For additional information or to discuss availability of these and other coffees, visit the Crop to Cup Coffee website at http://www.croptocup.com.
See us at the Seoul Cafe Show 2011
Come see us in Korea at the 10th International Seoul Cafe Show at Coex exposition center, November 24-27. Look for us at the Coffee Board of India exhibit, we will have samples from the 2010-2011 season and will be discussing plans for the 2011-2012 harvest that is just about to get underway.
See you in Seoul!
Kaapi Royale to Introduce Coffee in Conversion at SCAA
HOUSTON, TX (April 7, 2011) – Kaapi Royale Coffee will unveil samples of its first crop of coffee in conversion, named Nisarga, at the Specialty Coffee Association of America exposition later this month in Houston.
"Coffee in conversion" is an independently audited designation given to coffees that are grown using organic and/or biodynamic practices, but have not yet completed a prerequisite 3 year crop cycle necessary to be certified, labeled and sold as organic.
"Nisarga is the Sanskrit word for nature," said Nishant Gurjer, Managing Partner of Kaapi Royale Coffee. "We take steps each season to make our Sethuraman Estate farm ever-increasingly environmentally friendly," notes Gurjer. "Our coffee is all shade grown, uses 100% of our own worm-compost fertilizer and we recently deployed highly efficient new pulping equipment that will save thousands of gallons of processing water each year – a block of certified organic and biodynamic coffee is the natural next step."
Nisarga coffee in conversion can be sampled at the Kaapi Royale Coffee booth #805 during exhibit floor hours April 28 – May 1 at SCAA's Event held in Houston, Texas' George R. Brown Convention Center.
2011 India Origin Tour Announcement
Kaapi Royale Coffee announces the January 2011 return of our annual origin tour to India's exotic coffee growing regions for coffee professionals, this year adding Coorg to an expanded 5-day itinerary.
The event begins on Tuesday, January 11th in Bangalore with a welcome reception at the Bangalore Club, a grand English country club that has been one of India's finest since being established in 1868. This centuries old institution has hosted numerous distinguished members, including Sir Winston Churchill.
After spending the evening in Bangalore, the trip will commence on Wednesday morning with a welcome meeting hosted by the Coffee Board of India, followed by lunch and a drive by chartered bus to Chikmagalur. Wednesday evening will be spent at the colonial Kadur Club in Chikmagalur.
On Thursday, January 13, the tour continues to Magundi in the Chikmagalur region, home of Kaapi Royale's award-winning Sethuraman Estate farms. Participants will take a guided walking tour of Sethuraman Estate, other farms in the region and processing facilities at the height of the bustling coffee harvest.
Friday morning will begin with a sunrise breakfast on the farm, followed by the organized cupping of numerous coffees from the locations visited the previous day and from other farms from around India. That afternoon, the tour will continue to nearby tea plantations and visit an exotic forest with native wildlife.
On Saturday, January 15th, the tour turns north to explore Coorg, a burgeoning coffee growing region that is referred to as the "Scotland of India" by British colonialists for its green hills and lush forests.
Before returning to Bangalore from Coorg on Sunday, January 16th, the group will visit world famous Mysore Palace, a place of architectural beauty and historical significance with temples dating back to the late 14th century.
A tour fee of US$995 per individual traveler or US$1,500 per rooming pair includes hotels, meals and ground transportation originating in Bangalore.
Reservations for the available seats can be guaranteed with a US$250 nonrefundable deposit; all fees are due on or before December 1, 2010.
Availability is limited to 9 attendees plus 1 seat reserved for 2010 Kaapi Royale Challenge winner Craig Dickson of Melbourne Australia's Veneziano Coffee.
To make your reservations or if you have any questions please contact Andrew Hetzel in the USA at +1 (336) 443-0290 or by email.
You can see photos of the 2010 Kaapi Royale Coffee Origin Tour on our Facebook Page.
Kaapi Royale Coffee Invites Cup Tasters to Win an India Origin Trip at SCAA
The Kaapi Royale Coffee Challenge returns to this year's Specialty Coffee Association of America exposition in California at the Anaheim Convention Center April 16th-18th. One Challenge Champion will be awarded a trip to join Kaapi Royale Coffee on their annual harvest origin tour.
All coffee professionals are invited to take the Challenge, a test of skill where participants must correctly identify the species of three Indian coffee samples by taste; bonus points will be awarded to those who can additionally identify the method of processing for those coffees or cultivars. Cuppings will be held in the SCAA exposition at the Kaapi Royale Coffee booth (#2413) during show hours. Advance registration is not required and there is no fee to participate. One winner selected from all top-scoring entries collected will be announced on Sunday, April 18th.
The Kaapi Royale Challenge Champion will receive an invitation to join Kaapi Royale Coffee in India for a 4-day guided farm tour during the 2011 coffee harvest season beginning this December. Roundtrip air transportation to Bangalore, local accommodations, meals and ground transportation within India will be provided; some restrictions and availability requirements may apply.
Event information:
Specialty Coffee Association of America Exposition
Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California
Booth #2413, Kaapi Royale Coffee
Show and event hours:
Friday, April 16th Noon to 5:30 P.M.
Saturday, April 17th Noon to 5:30 P.M.
Sunday, April 18th Noon to 4:00 P.M.
We hope to see you there!


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Zinc oxide and titanium are suitable for sensitive skins. They stay on the surface of the skin and are not absorbed deeply, which minimizes the chances of an allergic reaction. Zinc oxide is known to leave a white residue on the skin and known for not absorbing completely. However, with Biosolis you are very unlikely to incur this dreaded 'white residue'. (There is one sun care product from Biosolis without zinc oxide, the SPF 50 – Extreme Fluid Face – sun cream 40 ml, which also has a very different texture.)
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Singer Kelly Clarkson has recruited her mother-in-law Reba Mcentire and celebrity friends like Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood for a star-studded holiday benefit concert in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Since U Been Gone hitmaker will headline a concert called Miracle on Broadway on 20 December (14) at the country music capital's Bridgestone Arena.
Clarkson called on her superstar pals to serve as special guests for the evening, and it will be an eclectic mix with stars also including Ronnie Dunn, Kacey Musgraves, Paramore's Hayley Williams and pop sensation Meghan Trainor.
The stars will cover Christmas classics and also join Clarkson for tracks from her platinum-selling holiday album, Wrapped in Red.
Texas native Clarkson hopes the event will become an annual concert in her adopted Nashville.
A statement reads: "I love my adopted hometown of Nashville with all of my heart, and I am so honored to be able to give back to the community alongside some of my favorite artists and friends for my first annual Miracle on Broadway benefit concert.
"I thank all of the artists joining me, as well as the people of Nashville for making me feel so welcome over the last seven years."
Proceeds from the event will benefit local organizations.


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[ath-let-ik] /æθˈlɛt ɪk/
physically active and strong; good at or sports:
an athletic child.
of, like, or befitting an .
of or relating to ; involving the use of physical skills or capabilities, as strength, agility, or stamina:
athletic sports; athletic training.
for :
an athletic field.
Psychology. (of a physical type) having a sturdy build or well-proportioned body structure.
Compare (def 2), (def 1).
physically fit or strong; muscular or active
of, relating to, or suitable for an athlete or for athletics
of or relating to a person with a muscular and well-proportioned body See also somatotype
1630s (athletical is from 1590s), "pertaining to an athlete," from Latin athleticus, from Greek athletikos, from athletes (see athlete). Meaning "strong of body; vigorous; lusty; robust" [Johnson, who spells it athletick] is from 1650s.
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Winnie Akins - East Texas
I have tried for years to find information on my grandmother Winnie.My grandfather was William Jessie Daffern, b Feb 1891 in Choctaw Nation, OK.I'm guessing he married Winnie about 1908-09.They had two sons;
1. Johnnie Marshall Daffern b. 1911 d. 1987.He married Stella Bowers.They lived in Avery, TX.Red River Co., ; 2. Eddie Carl Daffern b. 1913 d. 1997.He married Melissie Luvenia Harrison.They moved to Lubbock, TX.
The story is that Winnie's dress caught fire and she died from complications/infections of the burn when my daddy was about 6-8 months old.Additionally, they have said, Winnie was adopted...for some reason I've always thought Akin was her surname, not adopted parents...could be she lived with aunt /uncle.
I have two small pictures of a boy and girl...I think they were her cousins...the names are Clarence? and the girls name is not legible anylonger. they were written in pencil.
My uncle and daddy was born in or around Manchester, TX.
Please and thank you ...can you help solve this family mystery?


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Administration, Faculty and Staff
|Head of School
Joseph J. Ciancaglini
|Director of Admissions
Elizabeth Santini
|Head of Lower School
Amy Pacula
|Director of Institutional Advancement
Craig MacPherson
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Catherine Hubacz
|Chief Administrative Officer
Jamie Bowen
|Head of Upper School
Margaret Savino
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Michaela Ablon
Director of Accreditation and Strategic Planning, Public Speaking K-12 and Upper School Forensics
B.A., Rollins College
M.A., Columbia University
M.A., Columbia University
School: ext. 212
Danielle Amico
Registrar, Financial Aid Officer & Textbook Coordinator
B.A., Williams College
M.A., Middlebury College
M.A., Middlebury College
School: ext. 104
Katie Amodio
Grade 2 Teacher
B.A., Boston College
M.A.T., Manhattanville College
M.A.T., Manhattanville College
Katherine André
Upper School Religion Teacher
B.A., University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill
M.Div., Yale Divinity School
S.T.M., Yale Divinity School
M.Div., Yale Divinity School
S.T.M., Yale Divinity School
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Rebecca Ashley
Lower School Drama Teacher
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M.A., New York University
M.A., New York University
School: ext. 524
Tali Balas
Lower School Librarian
B.A., University of Iowa
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Betty Benavides
Maintenance Staff
School: ext. 822
Isabel Bertuna
US Spanish Teacher
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M.A., Rutgers University
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Lower School Learning Specialist
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Middle School English Teacher
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M.Ed., George Washington University
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Visual Art Department Chair
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Jamie Bowen
Chief Administrative Officer
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Quest/Additional Support
Quest is a learning support program designed over the past 25 years to bring Dwight's promise of personalized learning to life for students with specific academic needs* to promote their success.
Quest in action
- Quest teachers are subject area and learning specialists with proven success records
- A teacher is selected to mentor each student with careful thought toward skill and personal development
- Student-teacher pairings remain in place for the duration (with a change between Middle and Upper Schools)
- Quest teachers become important links between classroom teacher and parents, providing bi-weekly progress reports for each student
Quest fits easily into a student's schedule
- Students meet with their Quest teacher three days per six-day cycle
- Students are also invited to have daily check-ins with their Quest teacher to ensure organization and homework readiness
- Being in Quest has almost no impact on a student's broader school schedule and none on his/her ability to participate in after-school and athletic programs
Quest students are successful
- Quest students are frequently in honors and high-level classes, and go on to top universities, including Brown, Cornell, and NYU, in recent years
- Quest students consider their Quest teachers to be mentors and advocates
We would be happy to connect you with members of the Quest faculty or student community, as you consider this program for your child.
* Quest is not designed to support students with behavioral, physical, or emotional challenges.
Quest teachers are not certified occupational therapists, speech therapists, or physical therapists.


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By Dominic Ponsford
A new Mori survey has revealed that readers of The Guardian worry
about terrorists and that readers of the Express are most concerned
about immigration.
But it fails to prove whether newspapers lead or follow the opinions of their readers.
it comes to defence/foreign affairs, some 52 per cent of Guardian
readers list this as the most important issue facing Britain, compared
to the national average of 37 per cent.
Few would probably be
surprised that readers of the Daily Mail and Daily Express are most
concerned about asylum/ immigration as these papers have tackled the
issue strongly in their news pages.
But according to MORI this does not necessarily mean readers are influenced by these newspapers in their views.
of the Financial Times are nearly as likely as those of the Mail to be
concerned about asylum, but it devotes far fewer column inches to the
The polling company said its data was based on 10,000 interviews between January and October 2004.
research director Bobby Duffy said: "One of the most notable patterns
revealed in this report is that people who do not read any newspapers
tend to be much closer to the average view on all issues, in contrast
to readers of particular papers who show wide variations.
example, in March and April last year there was an increase in concern
about immigration across readers of most papers, when many newspapers
ran stories on the possible increase in immigration as a result of EU
However, there was no similar peak among those who do not read any papers.
might appear to support Alan Milburn's suggestion that it will be vital
to the success of Labour's election campaign for the party to pay less
attention to the news media.
"But of course it does not really
follow that ignoring what is said in newspapers will get anyone closer
to the concerns of real people. If anything it could be argued that
politicians need to draw from wider across the media to understand the
messages that people are receiving."
The report also revealed
that certain newspapers have a much stronger readership among MPs than
they do among the general public.
A survey of 100 MPs carried out
in winter 2003 revealed that 56 per cent read The Guardian (comparet
with five per cent of the general public).
The next most popular
papers for MPs were The Times, 54 per cent (general public five per
cent), Evening Standard, 49 per cent (two per cent), Daily Telegraph 41
per cent (six per cent), Independent 33 per cent (three per cent),
Financial Times 28 per cent (one per cent) and Daily Mail 26 per cent
(14 per cent).
Some 22 per cent of MPs read The Sun (general public 17 per cent)n and 20 per cent the Daily Mirror (nine per cent).


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Residents of an apartment building in the Cathedral area of Regina have still not been allowed back inside their homes after an explosion and fire in a basement suite on Sunday.
Those in the building on the 21 hundred block of Robinson Street were forced to evacuate after the incident.
It is an incident now being looked at by Regina police.
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... Three weeks in one week out. Well a week ago I took it out and three days after it was out I spotted but I never got my period and it's normal for me to be a few days late but I ALWAYS get it before the week is up. I put it back in when I was suppose to but my questions are... can I be pregnant if I have ALWAYS done it right and I've read everything on this birthcontrol and followed it to a T? And then if I do happen to be pregnant could having the birth control in hurt anything? I'd like to wait another month before I freak out so these are my questions
Nuvaring. So I've taken this product for three years now. Always use it the way I'm suppose to.?
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If you've been using it exactly as prescribed, it says in the Nuvaring Professional Information that if you've missed 2 periods, you should rule out pregnancy before using Nuvaring again. This is exactly what it says :
In the Event of a Missed Menstrual Period
If the woman has not adhered to the prescribed regimen (NuvaRing has been out of the vagina for more than three hours or the preceding ring-free interval was extended beyond one week), consider the possibility of pregnancy at the time of the first missed period and discontinue NuvaRing use if pregnancy is confirmed.
**If the woman has adhered to the prescribed regimen and misses two consecutive periods, rule out pregnancy.**
If the woman has retained one NuvaRing for longer than four weeks, rule out pregnancy.
Therefore, if you miss another period, make sure you take a test, see a doctor, and make sure you are in fact not pregnant before starting your regimen again.
Further Information
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Instead of heading to Mexico with some friends for the winter holidays, Emily Albright signs herself up for a literary tour through England. It sounds positively perfect – "Spend a week with Mr. Darcy. Explore the world of Jane Austen and Pride & Prejudice in the English countryside." What Emily didn't expect, however, is that meeting the real Mr. Darcy, especially not when there never is anyone else around.
I didn't hate the book. I didn't love it either. In all honesty, I was rather indifferent to it. I didn't care about 95% of the characters, and the plot dragged a fair bit. All in all, I won't be reading any more of Potter's books.
Firstly, the book embodied everything I dislike about the chick lit genre. Flakey characters, unrealistic plot, predictable plot, ad nauseum. (Yes I read fantasy, however, the identity of the tour guide trumps a good majority of the fantastical plots as far as unrealism goes.) Plus, one of the big parts of the story never gets explained – how on earth does Emily and Mr. Darcy meet all the time when not only do they not live in the same time period, but also when Mr. Darcy is a fictional character.
Secondly, as Lisa put it, "The Mr. Darcy in this book is certainly not my Mr. Darcy." It feels like Potter didn't do any actually research into Darcy (watching the movies does not count if you haven't read the book as well), because he is just so . . . not right. I don't even know how else to explain it.
However, as I said, I did not hate this book. It had some redeeming qualities. Mainly in the form of Mae, a cute, shy, sad Irish woman on the tour. The character growth made me all squishy inside. She becomes such a confident and happy woman by the end of the book that my heart couldn't help but being touched.
Then there's also the fact that Mr. Darcy recites poetry to Emily. And while he's not the Mr. Darcy I love, what woman could ever not find the idea of Darcy reciting her poetry positively entrancing?
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what kind of targets do you use? as a hi power competitor i use nra approved bullseye targets. at my club we have very strict rules about our targets no plinking is allowed and no steel plates etc. we also discourage the use of human silhouette targets and if someone wishes to use one he has to take it down and place it in the trash when he is ready to leave. just wondering what most of you use.
I usually just use bullseye paper targets. Sounds like your club is pretty uptight though. Seems that if your practicing self defense handgun shooting, human silouettes are what you should use. I don't care what people shoot at as long as its safe and they clean up after themselves. Nothing wrong with people just having fun.
Democr errr i mean paperr targets c;ay pegions, computer parts aresol cans tvs ect
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I've used a lot of different things, some as intersting as above, but my targets of choice when practicing are PD issue human silhouette targets and bowling pins. The pins are small and challenging to knock a string of them down quickly. Builds speed and accuracy at the same time, but can get frustrating if you try to rush it too much!
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cans, milk jugs filled w/ water. human made from plywood. we have an old trailer house we sleep in out at our range/fishin pond/paintball feild/ one day were gonna shoot it up and build a new one. that could be really fun with some silhouette targets.


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Most of us are becoming increasingly aware of the need for calcium in our diets as a necessary factor for our health and longevity. But are we aware that not all forms of calcium are the same? When our health practitioners recommend that we go to the store and get some over the counter calcium tablets and take two daily, are they really aware of how very little of the calcium is bioavailable to the cells of our bodies? Are they educated in biochemical calcium absorption and do they know how much of the calcium we consume in these tablet forms are feeding the sewer systems of America, and not adequately filling our body's critical need for calcium? In this short article I intend to educate you just a little about how our calcium is absorbed and how we can best get the calcium essential for proper metabolism and good health.
About 99% of the body's calcium is deposited in the bones and teeth. The remaining 1% is present in body fluids, approximately equally divided between diffusible calcium and nondiffusible calcium. The diffusible calcium is largely ionic. The nondiffusible calcium is bound to blood proteins, chiefly to albumin, although a small amount is bound by the globulins in the blood.
Ionic calcium (Ca++) is the only physiologically active form of this element. Bone, though considered primarily as the structural support for the soft tissues of the body, also serves as a storage deposit for ionic calcium. Its calcium is available to the body and is drawn upon to maintain normal blood calcium levels during periods of low calcium intake. The protein bound calcium of the blood probably serves as a secondary reservoir, becoming available locally only during excessive loss or use of ionic calcium.
Maintenance of a positive calcium balance by the body depends on dietary intake and the efficiency of absorption of the calcium ion from the intestinal tract. Calcium is one of the more difficult elements for the body to digest and absorb. Because calcium forms insoluble compounds with many of the anions present in food, efficient absorption of calcium is fraught with problems. Normally the phosphate ion is the principal interfering anion. Of the Calcium phosphate complexes, only calcium dihydrogen phosphate is sufficiently soluble to maintain the necessary levels for efficient absorption of the ionic calcium. Unfortunately this salt is stable only in highly acid media, such as stomach acid. And in alkaline media the much less soluble mono-hydrogen phosphate or the highly insoluble tertiary phosphate are the stable forms, and these are not absorbable by the body. Moreover, once calcium has dissolved, its absorption into the body is totally dependent on the presence of vitamin D in the intestine. Vitamin D is, unfortunately, not present in most of our food, so our body is dependent on the action of sunlight on our skin to synthesis vitamin D. Without intestinal vitamin D being present, most of the ionized calcium will pass through the body.
Conditions in the stomach normally provide sufficient acid for the stable existence of the free calcium ion even in the presence of phosphate ions; but absorption cannot take place here. As the contents of the stomach (chyme) is discharged from the stomach and moves through the small intestine, it is neutralized by the alkaline bile. Calcium absorption takes place in the duodenum, but it is apparent that solubility considerations counteract to prevent this uptake, except during the relatively short period of time before the chyme is completely neutralized. Absorption in the remainder of the intestine is pretty much nonexistent, because the calcium by then has been precipitated from solution due to the alkalinity produced by the bile.
It is evident that high phosphate diets (high red meat consumption, carbonated drinks, etc.) are unfavorable to efficient calcium absorption. Because of the common ion effect, excess phosphate will depress solubility of the soluble calcium dihydrogen phosphate stable at the stomach's normally acid pH level. Therapy, involving use of strong bases such as antacids and H-2 blockers (commonly referred to as acid-blockers), decreases the efficiency of calcium absorption because of their alkalizing effects on the pH of the stomach. Tums® or calcium carbonate, an alkaline source of calcium, neutralizes stomach acid needed for calcium absorption. Also, a diet with excess zinc may interfere with calcium absorption. Faulty fat digestion due to high fat intake or an inadequate bile secretion also interferes with calcium absorption through the precipitation of insoluble calcium soaps. Even some plant foods such as rhubarb, Swiss chard, spinach, beet greens, cocoa, soybeans, cashews and kale contain a high oxalate content, which acts as a calcium absorption blocker by binding with calcium producing insoluble salts as calcium oxalate which can not be absorbed.
The average American diet of meats, refined grains, and soft drinks (high in phosphorus) has been documented to contribute to increased bone loss in adults. It is important to remember that proper calcium absorption absolutely requires an adequate level of vitamin D, through diet or by supplement. This vitamin controls the absorption of calcium ion. So one can see that biochemical absorption of calcium is not an easy matter. The excretion of calcium is largely through the mucosa of the small intestines, and a comparatively small quantity (25-35%) is excreted in the urine as phosphate. Since excretion is a normal continuous process, a negative calcium balance can result if dietary intake is too low.


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